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The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) wrapped up its 45th Session tasking itself with formulating Voluntary Guidelines for Food Systems and Nutrition for approval in 2020. The guidelines are intended to be a reference document providing guidance to governments and other stakeholders on appropriate policies,…

[vc_row row_type=”row” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text custom_options=””] The African Nutrition Society and the Food and Nutrition Society of Ethiopia organized this year, from October 1-5 the Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conference (ANEC VIII) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The theme of this year’s Conference was “Multi-stakeholder nutrition actions in…

Between 60 and 80 per cent of the world’s small-scale farmers are women. They are responsible for growing and harvesting more than half of the food produced annually on earth. The majority of women farmers, however, face multiple forms of discrimination that undermine their capacity…

Overweight and obesity lead to negative social and economic consequences for individuals, families and the national health system. According to the 2016 School Height and Weight Census, 34.6 per cent of the national school population is overweight. As part of World Food Day (WFD), the…

GAIN’s Executive Director, and SUN Movement Executive Committee member, Dr. Lawrence Haddad and Dr. David Nabarro, SUN Movement Lead Group Membar, have been awarded the 2018 World Food Prize at a ceremony in Des Moines, USA. “The 2018 laureates’ work significantly improved nutrition for mothers and children in the critical first 1000…

The SUN Movement Lead Group, gathered for their annual meeting on 26 September during the 73rd UN General Assembly in New York, marking the mid-term period of the SUN Movement’s Strategy and Roadmap 2016-2020. The meeting was hosted by the new Chair of the SUN…

Article written by Nandini Pillai* and originally published by ACTION This World Food Day, ACTION is reflecting on progress made over the last five years to fill the gap in financing for nutrition by releasing Following the Funding: Nutrition for Growth — Progress Report. It…

The media are critical in influencing the well-being of communities. Advocacy campaigns and visibility, are vital to engage the media in educating the public and raising awareness on the importance of nutrition, as well as its long-term effects. The media can use its collective power…

The State of Food and Agriculture 2018 states that migration must be a choice and not a necessity. Migration, agriculture and rural development policies should be coherent to ensure safe, orderly and regular migration. The report also calls for efforts in peace- and resilience-building to help…

Approach to assess the level of integration of nutrition into agricultural development plans in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of National Agricultural Investment Plans (NAIPs) By Richemont SEKI* and Mohamed AG BENDECH** Context and Purpose Sub-Saharan Africa is confronted to a triple burden of malnutrition,…

This year’s Global Hunger Index reveals a distressing gap between the current rate of progress in the fight against hunger and undernutrition and the rate of progress needed to eliminate hunger and alleviate human suffering. The 2018 Global Hunger Index—published jointly by Concern Worldwide and…

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Cote d’Ivoire today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the creation of a Centre of Excellence Against Hunger and Malnutrition in West and Central Africa. It will serve as an enhanced knowledge management repository…

Supporting Women to reach their Breastfeeding Goals

The world faces a severe nutrition crisis. Nearly 2 billion people lack key micronutrients like iron and vitamin A, 155 million children under five are stunted, 52 million children are wasted, while a growing number of children (41 million) are overweight. Tackling these challenges requires…

Over 200 delegates, including dealmakers, entrepreneurs and investors met at the Nutrition Africa Investor Forum (NAIF) on October 16-17 – World Food Day — in Nairobi, Kenya, to explore partnerships, access business finance and enter new markets. Over these two days, selected Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)…

Relentless conflict and insecurity throughout the lean period has pushed 6.1 million people – nearly 60 percent of the assessed population – into extreme hunger in South Sudan, though the situation could improve if a sustainable peace takes hold, three United Nations agencies said today….

In Madagascar, the World Bank’s team recognized that the country’s stunting crisis could benefit from the Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA). systematic, but flexible and adaptive process. “Stand-alone operations work fine in many contexts, but if you are grappling with an issue as complex as stunting,…

United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), Report 2018 An estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years of age died in 2017, or 1 every 5 seconds, mostly of preventable causes, according to new mortality estimates released by WHO, UNICEF, the United Nations…